# Law of the Twelve Tables 1.43-64

Roman Law and Society, Law of the Twelve Tables, Lines 1.43-1.64. Latin.

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2. Conveyable possessions of a woman under the guardianship of agnates shall not rightfully be acquired by usucapio or long usage save such possession as have been delivered up by her with a guardian’s sanction.
4. If a person dies intestate, and has no self-successor ( suus heres ), the nearest agnate male kinsman shall have possession of the deceased’s household.
5. If there be no agnate male kinsman, the deceased’s clansmen (gentiles ) shall have possession of his household.
6. To persons for whom a guardian has not been appointed by will, to them agnates are guardians.
7. If a man is raving mad, rightful authority over his person and chattels shall belong to his agnates or to his clansmen. A spendthrift is forbidden to exercise administration over his own goods and shall be under the guardianship of his agnates.
8. The inheritance of a Roman citizen-freedman shall be made over to his patron if the freedman has died intestate and having no self-successor.
Table VI: Acquisition; Possession .
1a. When a party shall made bond ( nexum ) or conveyance ( mancipium ), according as he has affirmed by word of mouth ( lingua nuncupassit ), so shall the right hold good.
1b. . . . mancipationem et in iure cessionem . . .
1c. Articles sold and handed over ( venditae et traditae ) are not acquired by a buyer otherwise than when he has paid the price to the seller of has satisfied him in some other way, that is, be providing a guarantor or a security.
2. . . . sufficient to make good such faults as had been affirmed by word of mouth, and for any flaws which the vendor had expressly denied, he should undergo a penalty of double damages . . .

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